Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! Pete Malone, who served as a postman in Bettyhill for almost 13 years. Royal Mail have come under criticism after it was announced that a “lifeline” north-west Sutherland postal delivery service will be cut at the end of June. Elderly …
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Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! Postal voting packs are being issued in the Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey. MORE than 20,355 postal voting packs have been issued to voters in the Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey constituency ahead of the UK parliament election. Packs are …
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Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! The Royal Mail centre in Inverness. Picture: James MacKenzie. Nightmare backlogs of mail arriving more than a week late are “a common problem” facing Highland constituents, an MP claims a new survey has revealed. Drew Hendry, who is MP for …
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Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! Martin & Claire Murray of Dunnet Bay Distillery celebrate with a glass of their award-winning gin. We are all trying to do what we can to help protect our environment ‒ now and for future generations. But there are individuals …
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A Co Armagh mother caught with up to £60,000 worth of cannabis narrowly avoided going to prison on Tuesday. Imposing a two-year jail sentence on Lurgan woman Nichaela Maxwell, Judge Patrick Lynch KC warned that, while the custody threshold “is clearly passed”, he was suspending the sentence for three years …
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Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! Emergency services are at the scene. Passengers are being treated at the scene of a train crash near Aviemore. At least two people have been taken to hospital in Inverness after two trains collided at around 7pm today. The incident …
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Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! Highland Business Awards finalists September 2023. Picture: James Mackenzie. The annual Highland Business Awards took place at the Kingsmills Hotel today. Hundreds of guests were in attendance to celebrate individuals and organisations from across the region, with the mechanical and …
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Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! Mrs Claire McGonigal of Grantown Grammar School will be acting head of Inverness High School A new acting headteacher will take charge at Inverness High School at the end of next month. It was announced a week ago that John …
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Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! Royal Mail deliveries in the Highlands have been the subject of controversy, with fed-up residents complaining of long delays. Mail is going undelivered for “up to two weeks at a time” according to fed-up Highland residents and urgent action is …
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Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! Drew Hendry fears the problems with the postal service will only grow worse as we approach Christmas. Postal services in the Highlands are being pushed to breaking point, a union has warned. The Communications Workers’ Union, which represents postal workers, …
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